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Zhang Jie
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| Title: |
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Leaden Wings |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
| Binding: |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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192 |
| Date: |
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1987-06 |
| ISBN: |
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0860687643 |
| Publisher: |
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Random House Inc (P) |
| Weight: |
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0.35 pounds |
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5.04 x 7.64 x 0.55 inches |
| Previous givers: |
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2 Nellerance (United Kingdom), CNY Reader (USA: NY) |
| Previous moochers: |
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2 CNY Reader (USA: NY), Suzanne (USA: NC) |
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Sarah Cunningham (United Kingdom) (2006/11/06):
From the back cover: This absorbing novel of daily life in modern China is one of the first since the Cultural Revolution to be translated in the West. Central to its story is the Dawn Motor Works, symbol of Chinese industry. Ranged against the reformers who are trying to modernise it are all the forces of reaction, Chinese-style: the honest bewilderment of the old party faithful, the political chicanery of those jockeying to stay in power. Zhang Jie highlights for us the lives of Autumn, the independent-minded reporter; her adopted son, Mo Zheng; Chen, the innovative manager, and many more. We glimpse a society where women reach high levels of power, yet still suffer from prejudices rooted in the feudal past: wives are subservient, widows pitied and divorcees condemned; unmarried women are eccentric, even sinister. On its publication in China in 1980, Leaden Wings was both praised for its honesty and condemned for its satire. It has been described as China's first political novel.
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